MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.345 / February 2012     You’ve waited long enough — MRR #345, the February 2012 issue, is finally here! With sick cover art by Mr. Alex Ratcharge, it’s the always epic year-end top ten issue, when all your favorite MRR shitworkers, reviewers and columnists opine about 2011?s best DIY punk releases. And that’s not all. We have interviews galore, starting with the artist behind the CRASS symbol, Dave King, Swedish cult favorites TERRIBLE FEELINGS, New Jersey’s own epic BIG EYES. We’ve also got the second and final part of the tour diary of local Bay Area hardcore warriors ZERO PROGRESS — an epic in itself! It doesn’t stop there… we head up north to talk to UNRULED, legendary Canadian hardcore destruction from the early 1980s, and RAPID LOSS who are keeping the HC mutated in Canada now! All o’ that plus the usual array of columns to get enraged by, and the most extensive review section in punk rock print media!     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.344 / January 2012     It´s the beginning of the end! January 2012 is here and thus we present you a new issue of Maximum Rocknroll, number #344 to be precise! This month we have Austin, TX´s furious garage punk brutes the OBN IIIs, San Francisco´s hardcored-by-death savants the NEO CONS, we have Brazilian brutality courtesy of SOCIAL CHAOS, some Midwestern crust from WARTORN, some D-beat destruktion from Boston´s BLOODKROW BUTCHER, Australian noize mutators, the attractively named VAGINORS, the legendary WRETCHED, architects of Italian hardcore! Plus we got street punk from SLICK 46 and the TOUGHSKINS who interview each other, a report on the Means to an End fest, as well as the final SHITTY LIMITS show, plus No Gods No Mattresses zine and a talk with the awe inspiring Alice Bag about her new book Violence Girl! All this madness plus the most extensive review section in punk rock print and all of those columnists you love to hate!     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.343 / December 2011     This issue features McAllen, TX, punks PORKERIA discussing punk, bilingualism, and how they keep their small scene alive, and, in an interview just before her passing, POLY STYRENE talks with MRR about her involvement in Rock Against Racism. DESCARADOS discuss their approach to punk through a Latino lens and the development of their sound. Classic Swedish D-beat, raw punk pioneers E.A.T.E.R. talk about their reformation, latest tour and what has changed for them in the many years that they have been punks. The founders of Katorga Works give us their story and method behind running a DIY label, while PEACE OR ANNIHILATION gives us a glimpse of Indonesian punk and D-beat, and the fabled UNWANTED CHRISTMAS PRESENTS tells us how they came to be and how they developed their unique garage sound. Brazilian raw punks DEATH FROM ABOVE talk about touring and the scene in Brazil, pop punkers RESIST HER TRANSISTOR deliver a quick and funny interview, and all-star band SEVERANCE PACKAGE discusses their origins and their continued punk lives. All of this plus the most extensive review section in punk rock, and all the columnists you love to hate! Get it now!     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00

THE PRIMAL SCREAMER / Nick Blinko     A Gothic Horror novel about severe mental distress and punk rock. The novel is written in the form of a diary kept by a psychiatrist, Dr. Rodney H. Dweller, concerning his patient, Nathaniel Snoxell, brought to him in 1979 because of several attempted suicides. Snoxell gets involved in the nascent UK anarcho-punk scene, recording EPs and playing gigs in squatted Anarchy Centers. In 1985, the good doctor himself “goes insane” and disappears. This semi-autobiographical novel from Rudimentary Peni singer, guitarist, lyricist, and illustrator Nick Blinko, plunges into the worlds of madness, suicide, and anarchist punk. Lovecraft meets Crass in the squats and psychiatric institutions of early 80s England. This new edition collects Blinko´s long sought after artwork from the three previous incarnations.     ( PM Press 2011 / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 11.50

PROFANE EXISTENCE No.62 Magazine     This issue includes a first hand account of the Jimmy John's Workers Union, the story of The Hole, an all ages DIY venue in Omaha, Nebraska and a photo gallery from Chris(tine) Boarts Larson. Interviews with Resist, Asta Kask, Napalm Raid, and Colera. PE 62 is proud to feature a heart warming chat with Studs and Spikes dot com proprietor Nickle Pierce. Also, new band profiles, Featured Artist Mikehell Chernobyl plus reviews, columns and recipes certain to excite the senses. - IMPORTANT CHANGES!: Profane Existence Magazine is now basically free, the 50 cents here just covers the postage I spent.     ( Profane Existence / US. )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 0.50

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.342 / November 2011     Features a noisecore symposium with members of CONFUSE, SEIG-HEIL, and more! Also: FL’s legendary ROACH MOTEL (featuring MRR columnist George Tabb), Buffalo NY’s BROWN SUGAR, NC’s mysterious BRAIN F?‚ BRAIN KILLER from Boston, Dutch noize punx NEKROMANTIKER, AIRES AND GRACES (Oi!), Canadia’s VAPID, Florida label IFB, and Brazil’s NO REST.     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00

WORK - Capitalism, Economics, Resistance by CRIMETHINC.     From the industrial revolution to the internet, from colonialism to the stock market, from the financial crisis to the upheavals taking place right now, Crimethinc´s latest book offers an overview of how capitalism functions in the 21st century and how we can get beyond it it. After so much technological progress, why do we have to work more than ever before? How is it that the harder we work, the poorer we end up compared to our bosses? When the economy crashes, why do people focus on protecting their jobs when no one likes working in the first place? Can capitalism survive another century of crises? Our newest book, entitled Work, addresses these questions and a great many more.     ( Crimethinc 2011 / USA )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 8.00

ROMP - Nr. 34 Sommer 2011. Fanzine     Etwas zum Inhalt: Interviews mit den Bands Defused und Wicked. Zwei Berichte die sich mit „Nahrung“ oder deren Produktion bzw der produzierenden Tiere befassen. Das Interview zu This life beyond bars dassehr spontan entstand, zeigt das Aktivismus nicht ausstirbt und immer mal wieder jüngere Punks Eigeninitiative entwickeln um die Welt nicht so zu belassen wie sie grad ist. + das übliche Kreuzworträtsel, Kolumnen, News, reviews usw.     ( Romp / CH )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 3.00

ROMP - Nr. 33 Frühjahr 2011. Fanzine     20 Jahre ROMP Zine!!!!!!!!! Die #29 ist nun raus. Die 48 Seiten beinhalten in etwa: Interviews mit: Wahnfried Records, Play to destroy,Berichte zu: Le petit mort (die andere Sex Veranstaltung), Atompolitik in der Schweiz, Medien Propaganda, Reihe Ernährung 1Teil, Conchez Connection, Saydee´s kitchen ( ein philippinisches Küchen Projekt), Henseler (die Machen schafften des obersten Schweizer Bullen), Die schwarzen Löcher des Kapitalismus, ein kritischer Blick auf unsere Bundesräte...Kolumnen, Kreuzworträtsel, Comix, Reviews und weitere kurze Infos...     ( Romp / CH )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 3.00

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.341 / October 2011     It’s the greatest month of the year! October! A new issue of MRR hits the newsstands, this one is #341 and features a delightful cover by none other than Brian Walsby, hardcore illustrator extraordinaire! He is interviewed within, alongside Buffalo hardcore mutants PLATES, Gainesville’s savage DIET COKEHEADS, and Mallorcan punk destroyers DECRANEO. We got Australian garage sounds from ROYAL HEADACHE, who are currently on a US tour, Brazilian hardcore from the raging UNFIT SCUM, London garage slinksters BLACK MAMBA BEAT‘s tour of South Africa, and an interview with the evil minds behind Mongrel Zine. Plus we got an exclusive look at the illustrious ED NASTY AND THE DOPEHEADS for all you collector scum and KBD maniacs, and a scene report from San Jose, CA! All of that plus the usual columnists that rankle and sooth, the news you can use, and more reviews than you’re gonna know what to do with!     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.340 / September 2011     Maximum Rocknroll #340, the September 2011 issue, hits the stands with an interview with — and Pushead-inspired cover by — French artist Ivan Brun. We have an enlightening interview with Algerian punk band DEMOKHRATIA discussing religion, punk, politics, and their exciting first tour. Noisy garage rocker GG KING gives us the low down about his new record. Noise-core punx STATE POISON from France talk about their Japanese tour and life as the cutest band in France. This issue also features squawks from bratty Canadian hardcore B-LINES, a discussion with Britain’s own KBD-style band THE LOVE TRIANGLE, raw, distorted Canadian punkers UNLEARN, a discussion with artist and longtime Slug and Lettuce illustrator Jeremy Hush from Hush Illustration, an intriguing excerpt contributed by Dave Ensminger about the Deaf Club — the late ‘70s  social club for the deaf that moonlighted as a punk club — and the last installment of a three-part series of the history of Czech punk. All of this plus a mini Delaware scene report, a comic by Avi Spivak, and all the great columns and reviews including the most extensive review section in punk! Get it now!     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00

SchNEWS IN GRAPHIC DETAIL - A Collection Of Political Graphics.     A collection of SchNEWS´ best graphics from the past decade, presented in a full colour pocket-sized book. Covering issues from climate change to vivisection, police repression to resource wars, these graphics manage to raise a grin out of some deadly serious matters, all the while never watering down the uncompromising anarcho-green message of SchNEWS. This is a diverse range of images both in form and content with detourned or subverted images, fake ads, mixed metaphors, wafer-thin gags and more.. 96 pages, 120x168mm. Full colour,     ( Schnews 2011 / UK )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 5.00

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.339 / August 2011     The August issue of MRR is here — issue #339 to be precise… This month we have interviews with Swedish hardcore originators HEADCLEANERS, Tomek Lipinski from Polish punk legends TILT and BRYGADA KRYZYS, and we’ve got Oakland garage veterans and cat ladies MIDNITE SNAXX. There’s two doses of grind with Minneapolis’s COKSKAR and Britain’s AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN. Plus we’ve got Canadian ragers GROWN UPS, New Orleans’ own pop-punkers SMALL BONES, and French hardcore from YOUTH AVOIDERS. There’s an extensive look at legendary record and tape label and early ’80s international punk and hardcore disseminator Xcentric Noise Records, and the second part of our look at the history of punk in communist-era Czechoslovakia. All of this plus the usual columnists you hate yourself for lovin’ and the most extensive review section in punk!     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.338 / July 2011     The newest issue of Maximum Rocknroll is hot off the presses! In MRR #338, the July 2011 edition, we bring you an extensive interview with Japanese punk legends ZOUO discussing being a punk Japan, the current state of punk and more! Also check out our interviews with Mexicos garage- and snot-punk fusion blowout INSERVIBLES, Australian Confuse-influenced noise punx KRÖMOSOM, and USELESS EATERS: garage rockers from Tennessee taking cues from Jay Reatard. We talk to blown out, gloomy, Confuse/Gai influenced D-beat punx from Arizona NIGHTGAUN, Canadian street-punk tinged hardcore band NO PROBLEM, Portlands dark, heavy, mysterious, feedback laden RAW NERVES, Germany´s modern hardcore punks FAMILY MAN, and Virginia´s synthy death rock, dark wave punks LOST TRIBE. And we have a report/interview with Spain´s GATILLAZO in Mexico, playing with bands like Sedicion, Alergia, Disolucion Social and more, plus the first part of an in-depth history of Czech punk. All of this, the most extensive record review section in punk rock, and all the columnists you love to hate to love!     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL - No.337 / June 2011     Another issue of Maximum Rocknroll is hot off the presses. MRR #337, the June 2011 issue, features an interview with one of the architects of punk, John Morton of electric eels and X_X amongst other bands, discussing his Cleveland punk days and artwork. We talk to Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly who put together the amazing recently published Destroy All Movies!!! book, an exhaustive study of punks on the silver screen (and straight to VHS!). And don’t miss our interviews with Finnish hardcore champs YDINPERHE, doom inflected crust punk NUX VOMICA from Portland, Oakland mutants UZI RASH, Southern California psyche-punks WHITE FENCE, and Swedish garage stompers BLACK FEET. Plus, we have a look at the life and struggle of Russian anti-fascist activist “Vanya Kostolom” Khutorskoy, who was tragically murdered by Nazis at age 26; a Buffalo, NY scene report, and a look at a 1980s HC flyer archive in New Orleans: From Stapleguns to Thumbtacks. All of this madness along with the most extensive review section in punk rock, and all the columnists you love to hate!     ( MRR / US )  BUY PRINT - Euro: 4.00